Services

For more than 12 years we have worked with groups across the globe to produce exceptional results by combining a deep understanding of group process with the ability to visualize ideas and conversations.

We partner with clients to design, facilitate and document dynamic, creative, and results-oriented meeting experiences that foster strategic conversations. Our ability to listen deeply, guide the group toward action AND capture the meeting visually sets us apart. The unique visual output of every meeting supports pull-through and engagement once the meeting is over and the real work begins.

Some of our recent meeting facilitation has focused on:

Leadership planning and development

Strategic visioning

Articulating team or company values

New leader assimilation

Team building

Team storytelling

Team chartering/kickoffs

Team goal setting

Human centered design and innovation

Knowledge sharing across groups and functions

Value proposition development

Navigating change

“In our ever-expanding field, Nevada’s work stands out. She’s that uncanny individual who has deeply cultivated skills across a wide range of areas. Her graphic recordings are illustrative and narrative. Her graphic facilitation skills are practiced and honed. She strikes that perfect balance of professional and fun. I always enjoy working with Nevada.”

G. Chow - Senior Consultant, The Grove Consultants

Related Projects

High performance teams are built on trust, clarity of purpose, strong communication skills and an ability to effectively deal with conflict. Our team development consulting enables teams to build and practice these competencies in an engaging and focused way. As we work to strengthen the foundation, we also address structures and processes that may be impeding the team’s performance.

We use a variety of models and tools, including the Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model, the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator, and the EQi 2.0 Emotional Intelligence Inventory, to help teams understand their strengths and areas for growth.

Using our practical and visual approach, we help teams create clarity around the work they want to accomplish while enhancing the team’s ability to reflect, communicate and collaborate in times of constant change. Our work frequently begins with a team assessment and is followed by a series of team meetings designed to support and challenge the team to achieve their ideal state. Large-scale visuals are used to create clarity, engagement and pull-through between meetings.

Some of the specific areas we have been asked to address include:

Team start up & chartering

Team roles & responsibilities

Enhancing communication & feedback

Working with other teams

Increasing knowledge sharing within large teams

Communicating with stakeholders

“Nevada has a command of the room, keenly aware of interpersonal and inter-group dynamics. I have seen her both artfully navigate around issues that were not yet ready to be surfaced, and move decisively to get issues out that required honest engagement. Her ability to translate discussions into impactful visuals always gets the lasting “Wow!” response. I recommend her with highest regard and continue to rely on her for effective facilitation.”

S. Spetzler - Genentech

If you’re looking to increase participant engagement and learning at your next meeting or to simply up the “Wow!” factor of your next event, consider live graphic recording.

What is it? Graphic recording is large-scale visual note-taking done in real time at your event or meeting. Our graphic recorders are expert listeners who translate the thoughts, ideas and content from your speakers or participants into inspiring large illustrations or “charts” using text and icons. The result is an engaging, powerful visual record of your event that can be shared with stakeholders and customers during after after the meeting to keep the conversation going and move from planning to action.

Benefits of graphic recording:

Engages meeting participants in a multi-sensory way during the meeting

Increases comprehension and retention by attendees

Helps teams track the progress of the meeting

Helps participants see emerging themes and the bigger picture

Creates a visual record of the meeting that can easily be shared with stakeholders

“Nevada Lane’s graphical recording added a visual element to our event that both engaged participants and provided us with collateral to continue conversations afterwards. She captured the conversations in a compelling and easy-to-digest manner that will benefit our thinking in the long run.”

Jennifer Cohen Kabaker Digital Promise

“Nevada truly brings an extra touch of magic to our events through her work. Time and time again, I’ve had clients remark how incredible her illustrations are — both in creative design and ability to capture and convey complex content. Her recordings are often the first request we get for a follow-up from clients after events — she does an excellent job summarizing and solidifying concepts in a memorable, artful way. I can’t recommend Nevada highly enough!”

Mike Emling Google

Related Projects

Sketch animation videos

Our videos have the human touch. We create short, hand-drawn videos to help you communicate your message in an accessible, engaging and human style. Our team of scriptwriters, illustrators, voiceover artists and video post-production experts make the process of creating your video smooth and seamless. Click here for samples of our recent video work.

Communication Tools

Would you like to communicate your organization’s strategy quickly and effectively to your employees? Or perhaps you need to distill your 90-page PowerPoint deck into an elegant visual that communicates the key points in a visual way? We help you visualize your core messages into infographic illustrations or learning maps so you can engage your organization in a dialogue around your process, vision or idea.

Visual Boost™ Solutions

We partner with trainers, facilitators and organizational change leaders to boost the effectiveness of their work with visual solutions. We design and create visual templates of all kinds, gameboards, personal learning worksheets, illustrated cards and table toppers, and a multitude of other visual tools that increase the effectiveness of your meetings by creating additional opportunities for participation and engagement. We also provide facilitator guides for all of our solutions to ensure a seamless roll out. For professionals that are interested in upping their visual literacy, we recommend our Visual Communication Boot Camp workshop.

“Nevada’s animations are a critical element in our efforts to change the culture of our organization. Her unique ability to take complex principles and concepts, and turn them into visual, animated and engaging vignettes that resonated not just with the minds of our staff, but also their hearts, helped us permanently change how we think and relate to our challenges. Our teams still refer to Nevada’s images when using our new way of thinking and problem solving, and her work has defined our culture in a way that merely verbal communication never could.”

Mark Gunn Autodesk

“Nevada Lane and team created a custom animated video to describe our new approach to performance and development. The three-minute video offers the perfect balance of whimsy and practical process information to both delight and inform viewers. Nevada was an absolute pleasure to work with: the Lane Change team is not only exceptionally creative, but also flexible, responsive, and dedicated to creating an end product that exceeds expectations and reflects the culture or audience for whom it’s designed.”